Official BBC Contest #50, The Big Show! Options

[Tufi Piyufi]

Official BBC Contest #50: The Big Show!

Oh man oh man oh man. This is it. This is about as big as it can get. The roster is small but glorious. This is, I'm afraid, an invite-only contest, much like #25 was, but it'll be fun to watch. Trust me. In keeping with tradition (or, rather, establishing it, as one instance does not tradition make), the invitees are the winners of contests #26 through #49:

-Shannara-, Schizo Kaita, Pekel, Darth Vader, ToM Dracone, Bundalings the Bunny, Redeemer, Shadrahk, onua nuva fan, Seranikai, Mischief Mecha, Roa McToa, Tesseract, -T08-, and Dr. Keerakh

as well as a handful of obscenely helpful minions:

Kex, Smeagol4, and the saviour Taka-Tahu-Nuva.

Eighteen people in all. It's a smaller contest, yeah, like an LGD contest or an RPG contest (I kid because I love). It's a heck of a roster, though. These eighteen are free to build as they wish (within the standard BBC and BBC contest rules, of course), but they may want to keep something in mind.

You see, we're not just voting on these things here at BZP. We're gonna open the floor to the fine folks at Brickfair. That's right: voting will also be conducted on-site at Brickfair. 'But how?', you ask. 'By having the invitees send their entries to Brickfair,' I reply. It just got a whole lot bigger, didn't it?

Invitees are more than welcome to begin making arrangements to get their entries to Brickfair as soon as they send their entry PMs to me, or even sooner (though it might be easier when you know just how big your entry is). We've got plenty of people on staff that're more than happy to help make this happen for you, and I'll bet there's even more friends willing to lend a hand. Drop me a line anytime if you feel there might be some doubt. I'm known as something of a miracle worker.

Oh, and by the way. Before I forget. Whining about the invitational nature of this contest will get you banned from BBC for the rest of the summer. That's right: no BBC for you until September 22. I'll be plenty literal about 'the end of summer' if you'll be more-than-plenty whiny. #51 will be business as usual: this is just one contest out of... well... fifty.

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Entries begin being accepted as soon as this topic is posted, and will stop being accepted on Saturday, August 23rd at 11:59 P.M. EST.

To submit your entry, PM it to me. Just give me its name, its entry picture, and a link to any gallery it might have. Also, it might be a good idea to mark your entry PM as such, to avoid confusion.

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A running tally of entrants will be updated as they come in IN A SEPARATE PINNED TOPIC, which will be posted shortly after the first entries are received.

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Voting Process:

Voting will be held both on BZP and at the Brickfair convention. The BZP-side voting will be open to all BZP members and will be conducted via posts rather than as a typical poll. The Brickfair-side voting will be open to all Brickfair attendees, including visiting members of the public, and will be conducted via written ballots. At the end of the voting, these two totals will be combined to determine the overall winner.

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Rules:

1) Your entry may not have been published prior to the start of this contest. You may make your own topic before PMing me your entry details, but you must PM me your entry before 11:59 PM Eastern on July 31st in order to be officially entered. You may only start one topic for your entry. Please only PM me one entry picture and a link to the rest of the pics in the gallery on your image host (most likely Brickshelf, Photobucket, or Flickr). You can do pictures as normal in your own separate thread. If you need help posting pictures, please see this topic.

2) Don't PM the contest host unless you have to. Ask questions in this topic and the host will answer it.

3) Painted parts are NOT ALLOWED. No non-LEGO parts. All other LEGO parts are fair game; however, for the most part, they should be Bionicle pieces and Technic pieces. Let's say, at least 75% of the MOC Bionicle/Technic parts. Pictures in which the appearance of the MOC has been edited in Photoshop or other editing software are also prohibited. If either method is used, the MOC will be disqualified. The background may be edited, as long as it does not alter the appearance of the MOC.

4) Only one entry per member. You cannot switch or modify models mid contest. Once you have entered, you may not "un-enter" your models and enter new ones. You may opt to bow out of the contest for whatever reason but you cannot reenter under such a situation. If you get disqualified for any reason, you will not be allowed to reenter with another MOC in that contest.

5) Any flaming will result in disqualification from the contest. Competition is good if you keep it clean. Everyone play fair, NO WHINING, no insults. I reserve the right to DQ any entry at any time for any reason. Also, the whole thing where whining about the invitation thing gets you banned from the BBC thing until September 22thing.

6) Absolutely, positively NO CHEATING! Anyone found to be cheating or even suspected of cheating will face immediate disqualification from this contest and will be banned from participating in future contests. They will likely also be banned from the site. Mods know this information, so you're not fooling anyone but yourself by thinking you can get away with it. We run a check on people with multiple accounts too, which is an offense that results in banning from BZP entirely, aside from the contest... DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

7) No "this is unfair" posting. Some people have more parts, money, time, fish, gigs left on your hard drive, etc than others. That's life; we each have to do our best with what we have. Any excessive complaining may, at the judgment of the contest runner, disqualify you. And the 'banned from BBC' thing mentioned a few times above.

8) Discussion is encouraged. Feel free to ask questions about models you see or about the contest in general. This is for us, the BBC builders; let's have some fun with it.

9) The contest is open to the eighteen invitees, but voting is open to all BZP members and all Brickfair attendees to participate in. "Advertising" your MOC is fine by making a signature or avatar reminding people to vote for you, but mass-PMing is frowned upon. So is advertising your MOC in someone else's thread. Spamming may result in proto loss or even post-count reductions... so don't do it.

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SIGNATURE RULES!
**ONE pic allowed
**Pic may only be 250x100 pixels or 468x60 pixels or smaller
**Text may not exceed 5 lines
Anyone breaking the signature rules will lose 5 votes per violation in the BZP-side polls.

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Prizes:

Prizes will be announced at a later date.
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Contest Host:

Tufi Piyufi

Contest Assistants:

I lost all my contest minions to the invitations
KIE the Awesomest


The month will end sooner than you think! Get building!